A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to the $25 million settlement that President Trump was ordered to pay to former students of the now-shuttered Trump University.
Sherri Simpson challenged the settlement, saying she wanted to take Trump to trial over the $19,000 she paid for Trump University programs. But the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided against her, Politico reported Tuesday.
Simpson’s lawyers argued that notices sent to Trump University members had guaranteed they would be able to opt out of class-action lawsuits either before or immediately after a settlement. But judges on the court ruled that the class-action suit “promised only one opportunity to opt out.”
Now that Simpson’s challenge has been rejected, roughly 4,000 former Trump University students could begin to receive payments from the $25 million settlement, Politico reports.
A federal judge approved the settlement in March, bringing to an end two class-action lawsuits by the former students, who said they were misled into enrolling in the classes.
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Federal court upholds Trump University settlement, orders Trump to pay defrauded students $25 million https://t.co/Fpi4IOCZbp pic.twitter.com/Dx0jDrLCm4
— The Hill (@thehill) February 7, 2018
$25,000,000/4,000 students = $6,250
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